How Ray Phelps's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Ray Phelps posted a career ERA of 4.93, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest ERA season came in 1930, posting 4.11, below the starting pitcher average of 4.72 that year. The highest point came in 1936 at 6.03, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.5 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from 5.9 in 1932 to 4.82 in 1935 and 6.03 in 1936. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 5 seasons.

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Ray Phelps ERA Per Season

Ray Phelps's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ray Phelps ERA per season line chart

Ray Phelps ERA by Team

Ray Phelps's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Ray Phelps ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ray Phelps's career ERA shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Ray Phelps ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Ray Phelps ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ray Phelps's seasonal ERA alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Ray Phelps ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ray Phelps ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ray Phelps's MLB career with ERA alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Ray Phelps ERA season-by-season breakdown table